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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.48.4

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 48: Bharadvāja directs Rāma to Citrakūṭa. Rāma seeks seclusion beyond the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, Bharadvāja recommends the food-rich mountain

In the sequence: The next morning they set out toward the meeting of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā

2.48.4

yathākṣemeṇa gacchan sa paśyaṃś ca vividhān drumān
nivṛttamātre divase rāmaḥ saumitrim abravīt

Going along safely and gazing at trees of many kinds, when the day had just turned to its close Rāma said to the son of Sumitrā:

Words: yathākṣemeṇa — safely, in comfort; gacchan — going; sa — he; paśyaṃś — gazing; ca — and; vividhān — various; drumān — trees; nivṛttamātre — when it had just turned (closed); divase — the day; rāmaḥ — Rāma; saumitrim — to the son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa); abravīt — said

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.